Beyond the Report Card: Investigating the Factors that Define Educational Achievement

Comparing Performance Metrics

At The County Level

At The School Level

Funding and Achievement Correlation

                    Estimate Std. Error  t value     Pr(>|t|)
(Intercept)        11365.441   184.1742 61.71027 0.000000e+00
as.numeric(perfrl)  3170.302   283.2011 11.19452 1.334886e-28

Something Something GCS Map

Choosing Variables

cbind(data\(ela_data_currstatus_ALL, data\)gcs_mn_avg_ol, data\(science_data_Earth.and.Space.Sciences.Domain.Percent.Above.Standard_99, data\)science_data_Life.Sciences.Domain.Percent.Above.Standard_99, data\(science_data_Physical.Sciences.Domain.Percent.Above.Standard_99, data\)growthscore_ela, data$growthscore_math)

    variable      FundingType          DOCType            SOCType         
 Min.   :0.2255   Length:312         Length:312         Length:312        
 1st Qu.:0.4554   Class :character   Class :character   Class :character  
 Median :0.5890   Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character  
 Mean   :0.5904                                                           
 3rd Qu.:0.7397                                                           
 Max.   :0.9055                                                           
  EdOpsCode          EdOpsName          GSoffered           GSserved        
 Length:312         Length:312         Length:312         Length:312        
 Class :character   Class :character   Class :character   Class :character  
 Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character  
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
   Virtual             Magnet          pp_stloc_raw        pp_fed_raw       
 Length:312         Length:312         Length:312         Length:312        
 Class :character   Class :character   Class :character   Class :character  
 Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character  
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
  pp_total_raw   pp_total_norm_NERDS  flag_nerds          flag_f33        
 Min.   : 8326   Length:312          Length:312         Length:312        
 1st Qu.:10794   Class :character    Class :character   Class :character  
 Median :12375   Mode  :character    Mode  :character   Mode  :character  
 Mean   :12740                                                            
 3rd Qu.:13956                                                            
 Max.   :40568                                                            
 schoolstloc_raw    schoolfed_raw      schooltot_raw       ncesenroll       
 Length:312         Length:312         Length:312         Length:312        
 Class :character   Class :character   Class :character   Class :character  
 Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character  
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                            
  enroll_raw        enrollmetric_raw    gradespan          gradecenter   
 Length:312         Length:312         Length:312         Min.   :4.000  
 Class :character   Class :character   Class :character   1st Qu.:4.000  
 Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Mode  :character   Median :4.250  
                                                          Mean   :4.901  
                                                          3rd Qu.:5.500  
                                                          Max.   :7.500  
      gap    gcs_mn_avg_ol    gcs_mn_avg_eb         mingrd          maxgrd     
 Min.   :0   Min.   :0.1161   Min.   :-0.2344   Min.   :3.000   Min.   :5.000  
 1st Qu.:0   1st Qu.:0.3192   1st Qu.: 2.9193   1st Qu.:3.000   1st Qu.:5.000  
 Median :0   Median :0.4308   Median : 4.6736   Median :3.000   Median :5.000  
 Mean   :0   Mean   :0.4332   Mean   : 4.7219   Mean   :3.679   Mean   :6.099  
 3rd Qu.:0   3rd Qu.:0.5197   3rd Qu.: 6.0270   3rd Qu.:3.000   3rd Qu.:8.000  
 Max.   :0   Max.   :1.0000   Max.   :13.2181   Max.   :7.000   Max.   :8.000  
    charter             magnet          urbanicity           locale         
 Min.   :0.000000   Min.   :0.000000   Length:312         Length:312        
 1st Qu.:0.000000   1st Qu.:0.000000   Class :character   Class :character  
 Median :0.000000   Median :0.000000   Mode  :character   Mode  :character  
 Mean   :0.003205   Mean   :0.003205                                        
 3rd Qu.:0.000000   3rd Qu.:0.000000                                        
 Max.   :1.000000   Max.   :1.000000                                        
    sch_sped    totenrl            perwht             pernam        
 Min.   :0   Min.   :  20.11   Min.   :0.002103   Min.   :0.000000  
 1st Qu.:0   1st Qu.: 402.39   1st Qu.:0.084217   1st Qu.:0.001913  
 Median :0   Median : 548.11   Median :0.247253   Median :0.003510  
 Mean   :0   Mean   : 576.71   Mean   :0.336009   Mean   :0.008123  
 3rd Qu.:0   3rd Qu.: 702.52   3rd Qu.:0.572283   3rd Qu.:0.006205  
 Max.   :0   Max.   :1430.59   Max.   :0.906008   Max.   :0.418245  
     perasn            perhsp            perblk            perfl        
 Min.   :0.00000   Min.   :0.02089   Min.   :0.00000   Min.   :0.01007  
 1st Qu.:0.06256   1st Qu.:0.12688   1st Qu.:0.01929   1st Qu.:0.08625  
 Median :0.13344   Median :0.23441   Median :0.04642   Median :0.37772  
 Mean   :0.22270   Mean   :0.32002   Mean   :0.11315   Mean   :0.38388  
 3rd Qu.:0.32361   3rd Qu.:0.48005   3rd Qu.:0.15800   3rd Qu.:0.64783  
 Max.   :0.92754   Max.   :0.97823   Max.   :0.80324   Max.   :0.88119  
     perrl             perfrl            perecd          gifted_tot     
 Min.   :0.00456   Min.   :0.01804   Min.   :0.01265   Min.   :0.00000  
 1st Qu.:0.02601   1st Qu.:0.11436   1st Qu.:0.15209   1st Qu.:0.01483  
 Median :0.06020   Median :0.45795   Median :0.48248   Median :0.03856  
 Mean   :0.06088   Mean   :0.44469   Mean   :0.45849   Mean   :0.05654  
 3rd Qu.:0.09142   3rd Qu.:0.75569   3rd Qu.:0.75036   3rd Qu.:0.07686  
 Max.   :0.17668   Max.   :0.94266   Max.   :0.96186   Max.   :0.48044  
   disab_tot       disab_tot_idea         lep           gifted_flag      
 Min.   :0.00000   Min.   :0.00000   Min.   :0.00000   Min.   :0.000000  
 1st Qu.:0.08589   1st Qu.:0.07463   1st Qu.:0.07324   1st Qu.:0.000000  
 Median :0.11148   Median :0.09778   Median :0.16451   Median :0.000000  
 Mean   :0.11524   Mean   :0.10200   Mean   :0.21552   Mean   :0.003205  
 3rd Qu.:0.14211   3rd Qu.:0.12662   3rd Qu.:0.32435   3rd Qu.:0.000000  
 Max.   :0.25858   Max.   :0.24668   Max.   :0.83224   Max.   :1.000000  
    lep_flag         sped_flag spedidea_flag    avgrdall      
 Min.   :0.00000   Min.   :0   Min.   :0     Min.   :  1.843  
 1st Qu.:0.00000   1st Qu.:0   1st Qu.:0     1st Qu.: 64.834  
 Median :0.00000   Median :0   Median :0     Median : 91.060  
 Mean   :0.08333   Mean   :0   Mean   :0     Mean   :124.041  
 3rd Qu.:0.00000   3rd Qu.:0   3rd Qu.:0     3rd Qu.:127.022  
 Max.   :1.00000   Max.   :0   Max.   :0     Max.   :560.302  
   LowGrade          HighGrade        
 Length:312         Length:312        
 Class :character   Class :character  
 Mode  :character   Mode  :character